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>> good morning. straight up 5:00 on christmas eve. it's monday. a cold one. we take a nice clear shot of u.s. capital zone. good morning, everyone. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. there is tucker barnes. >> good morning. it's a cold one. >> you will be waiting in the lines too later, won't you. >> yes, i am. >> you look so excited to be out and in the mix. >> i went to one store and waited 45 minutes in line. >> wow. >> you finished? last time you went you turned and and left. >> it's all business from here on out. hopefully the stores will be open a few more hours. let's get to it. let's do weather. if you are going to be shopping at the last minute like a few other people, hopefully just a few of us, reagan national 32. dulles 26. bwi marshall 27. here is the deal, i already got

gifts so now i can figure out what i need to get in return based upon what i have seen. >> you are judging what you get other people based on what you have received. >> you don't want to -- >> that is so shallow. oh, my goodness, you are so shallow. >> what i'm saying, i don't know what level of gift i need to get? >> it's the thought, tucker. >> yes, in some cases. >> there are the rain showers moving in from the south and west. >> i haven't opened your gift yet but the packaging is impressive. 41 at reagan national. these are the high temperatures today. 33 frederick. here is the deal. showers will be developing. it could start as a brief period of freezing rain or sleet west and north of the city. you may see a few snowflakes mixed in. if you get a few sleet pellets,

don't be surprised. >> sometimes tucker's filter doesn't work. >> man. >> everybody knows what i'm tracking about. >> we do. >> we know what you are talking about. let's see about traffic. >> tucker is opening up a can of worms. company get you what i got tony perkins 10 years ago, a wonderful book, meteorology for dummies. >> feisty this morning. >> the joke on him since he's not there. let's look at the roads. they are vacant. if you are heading out, no problems. 66 from gainesville no problem to the beltway. lighter volume than normal. around the beltway over the american legion bridge into maryland, here is the look north of the bridge here, river road. you see light traffic in both directions. light volume on the top side of the beltway. over to connecticut avenue, through montgomery county and let's head 0 to the other side

-- let's head over to the other side, federal government is closed. mail delivered as usual. h.o.v. restrictions are in effect. metro running on a regular weekday service. rail service 5:00 a.m. to midnight. mark is on a christmas eve schedule. vre not running trains. beware of that. that is a look at your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> all right, jeff, thank you very much. redskins fans are buzzing after another huge win. this time on the road in philadelphia. robert griffin, iii threw for two touchdowns. alfred morris ran for another. the defense made stops when it had to. they won six in a row. >> playing the best ball that we have all year at the right time. we are rolling and we all know that. it's been a change in our mind- set since after the bye week. >> we haven't accomplished anything yet. we have to win the division and we have to get it done next

week. >> getting it done means a win over the cowboys at fedex field next sunday. kick off has been moved to 8:20 p.m. a win would clinch the nfc east for the first time since 1989. a loss and they can get in as a wild card. i want to see that game. it will be late. a check of the other top stories, prince george county police arrested john jenkins for a bomb scare in college park. they believe he put an explosive device in a van parked on edgewood road. police found them friday morning and the bomb squad deactivated the device. he is facing two felony charges which could come with jail time and a fine. the nation's largest gun lobby organization continues to call for armed police or guards in schools. the nra says it does not support any new gun control legislation and any knew

efforts by congress to regulate guns or ammunition would not prevent mass shootings like the one in connecticut. the nra response is being panned on several fronts, even from republicans. >> i say not to mention guns in trying to eliminate sool violence is like not mentioning cigarettes in trying to eliminate lung cancer. it makes no sense. i am hopeful we can get this done in a bipartisan way with democrats and republicans joining together. >> i am not someone that believes having multiple armed guards in every school is something that will enhance the learning environment. that is the first responsibility inside of school is the learning environment. you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. >> on friday president obama assembled a task force to reduce gun violence and wants concrete proposals in a month. residents in mount airy, maryland, will take time out to

honor the victims of the school shooting in connecticut. a candle lit vigil will be held at the mount airy fire company at route 27 and twin arch road. 26 balloons will be released for each of the victims of the school shootings. the balloon idea came from a 3- year-old girl. some extra love for a little girl shot on a metro bus earlier this month. two-year old cody's mother, selena brown died in that shooting. cody needs reconstructive surgery. a few folks got together to organize a fund-raiser and toy drive to make christmas happier. >> we wanted to reach out to the family to give them some type of community support to let them know that the community is behind them. we send them our deepest condolences. >> i have to go out and get

whatever i can. brings her spirits up and this is something that she will remember and comfort her knowing that people love her. >> cody's grandmother will now raise her. the organizers wanted to show the family that they didn't have to handle everything on their own. congress has one week to come to an agreement in order to avoid the so called fiscal cliff. some lawmakers are not hopeful a deal will be reached. congress will return to work on thursday after taking a few days off for the christmas holiday. if no deal is reached the nation will see across the board tax increases and spending cuts in domestic programs. >> while congress focuses on avoiding the fiscal cliff, a number of other legislative issues are going unattended including the agriculture bill which could lead to a big increase in the price of milk. under the bill the government buys milk from farmers if it

gets too low. the dairy subsidy is set to expire january 1st. experts say milk could reach $7 in 2013. >> let's hope something gets done. >> that is a lot for milk. still ahead, a check of your holiday travel forecast. >> plus, just in time for christmas, a special homecoming for a dog after he had been on the run for months.

the duke and dutchess of cambridge will northbound the southern english village of bucklebury. they will pay a visit to the queen tomorrow, who is at an estate in eastern england. scary moments for a minnesota family. a man crashed his helicopter trying to land near his son's home. the son watched in horror as it went down. the chopper spun out of control, hit a trailer in the yard, and within seconds went up in flames. amazingly the pilot walked away with a burn on his arm. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. a very happy reunion in arizona after a family is

reunited with their husky and just in time for christmas. the dog named cain has been missing since april after he escaped from the backyard. he wondered hundreds of miles from home to oregon where he was found and brought to an animal shelter. he had microchip that helped track down his owners. >> huskies like to run and run. i had one of those dogs. >> the chip worked. >> yeah. still ahead, a call for change. details about a special christmas eve event taking place on the national mall today. >> all right. we have a changing forecast. clouds are moving in. eventually a chance for a little bit of sleet, maybe freezing rain out west and then all rain around here for this afternoon. ternoon.

more than 5 million americans are expected to take

to the air this holiday season. large crowds are expected at the airports as people rush to get to their families in time for santa's arrival. 90% of americans will drive. so, it's a good time to stay at home and avoid the traffic. >> listen to wisdom. >> just stay at home. >> you may have to. later in the week, people trying to get home from christmas locations, there will be storms. >> busy couple of weeks. it will be an active pattern the next several days. we will be in and out of the storminess here for the better part of the week with a couple of chances for rounds of winter weather. we will start with today. >> we are ready. >> today is not a big deal. i will show you why in a second. let's go to the weather. the magic of division, there you go. stormy pattern this week. >> i like the ornament. >> thank you. >> i thought it was weird

looking. >> i think it's weird. >> no one else has been able to recreate. stormy pattern this week today, wednesday and saturday we have a chance for a little something. the reason i say something we aren't quite sure what each day has to offer. first we will start with the cold. 32 in washington. 32 leonardtown. north and west 20s in manassas. 27 in frederick. 27 in winchester. plenty of cold air across the area. that will be a factor in the forecast particularly north and west as things will be slow to warm up. clouds to start your day. maybe a break early but i think for the most part nice and cloudy. you can see the beginnings of our next storminess off to the south and west. it's coming up in the form of rain. what will be happening, let me mention this system is not terribly organized. it doesn't have a lot of

moisture. it's pushing to the washington area. an area of low pressure will move to the west. we will be in the warm sector. things will gradually warm up in the upper 30s to 40. that will warm up to rain showers this afternoon. off to the west and north you will be slower to warm up. you can see a mix. by mix i mean probably a few snowflakes, maybe sleet mixing in as the whole thing moves through. a fast mover, it will start at 1:00, 2:00 and out of here by 8:00 or 9:00. the farther east of the city the better chance you will get rain showers. there are the winds northeast 5 to 10. tonight early showers, cold overnight. the accuweather seven-day forecast, 47 tomorrow. wednesday another chance of storminess then again on saturday. okay. that's weather. let's do traffic with jeff new man. >> good morning, tucker. maryland 270 heading south we are seeing a bit of volume but

nothing to worry about. on the beltway south of the legion bridge both directions at speed, incident free. no construction today. prince george's county same situation. a reminder for folks d.c. and montgomery county not enforcing parking rules or rush hour restrictions. virginia, arlington county will enforce parking meters. alexandria will not. that's a look at your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> thank you very much, jeff. the nation is trying to make sense of the senseless act of vines in connecticut. >> the tiny new england town can hopefully put on a smile as towns from across america step in to help. marion rafferty has the story. >> reporter: the nation stood shocked after hearing about the tragic elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. the response almost immediate from communities sometimes hundreds of miles away, asking the same question, what can i do to help? >> i want them to smile.

i want them to smile again and know that people do care and love them. >> reporter: folks in smyrna, georgia, organizing a teddy bear drive collecting ted by bears for each of the children at sandy hook school. >> teddy bears mean a lot to children. it's good to have something that you can remember. >> reporter: he is asking people to light a candle in front of their homes on christmas eve. >> we want them to put the candles out so they can remember the people who died at the school. >> reporter: the family's tree is decorated head to toe with angels representing each child lost in the shooting. a large act of kindness from nebraska and arizona. communities in both states are setting up toy drives. folks from nebraska traveled 1300 miles to drop toys off personally. >> it's important that newtown knows that they are not

suffering in isolation. the whole country hurts. we all ache over this. >> in maryland, dozens of children are cutting out paper snowflakes sending them to the sandy hook students for decorations for the new school. >> it's sad. we will try to prevent this in the future. we miss you. we miss all of them. >> in addition to the grass roots donation efforts, the united way set up a fund to help the victims and the newtown community heal. mary ann rafferty, fox news. director quintin car ran tino talks about his movie. >> we are stationed in italy. we would like to wish our family and friends merry christmas and happy new year. 

we are back with a look at jango unchained. kevin mccarthy talked to the director about how his past movies may have influenced his latest film. >> i have to say i love seeing a film set in the deep south

but in the spaghetti western genre. it feels like these characters could exist in any genre. you look at alabama's reference, if jango were dropped in any one of your films in any particular scene, which would you have the most fun interacting. >> interesting. i could see marcellus in pulp fix, him being one of the guys. jewels, vincent and jango. >> i love the film you put inside your movies. clarence a street fighter or her watching better tomorrow too or clutch cargo in pulp fix. 50 years down the line, if a film comes out and they want to put one of your films on tv,

one of your scenes, what scene would you want? >> that is pretty interesting actually. i think the two that would be good playing on tv in the background would be the big shoot out in django and the crazy 88 fight. >> i talked to you about grind house. i told you the greatest history was walker. you said that is the dialogue of mine to beat. so watching inglourious basterds. loved it. last night in djanngo, i felt you matched it. do you feel you matched it or beat it. >> i feel that the scene with the french farmer actually at the least matched it but me and sally actually thought it

topped it a little bit. when i wrote the farm house scene i was like, okay, i think i have finally beaten the sis civilian speech. >> it's gorgeous. if you can walk me through one scene, had you shot it digitally, how would it have ruined that particular scene if it was shot digitally. >> frankly i would say any scene of this movie shot digitally would break my heart. >> really? >> i mean, i just hate that. that's not why i got in this business. i'm all about 24 frames a second. i'm all about still frames when shown at 24 frames a second creating the illusion of movement. i'm not about the video recorders and digital projection which could me is teddy. >> we will have the interviews

tomorrow on fox 5 morning news. the film hits theaters tomorrow. we still have plenty ahead. >> we are hitting the mall where stores will soon be packed with the last minute christmas shoppers. s shop

this morning a live look outside, people will be stirring. not a lot of people at work and school but the malls will be crazy today.

malls and other stores as well as people trying to get the last minute holiday shopping in. here is the other thing people are buzzing about. everyone is talking about the redskins. they beat the eagles. they are one game away from securing a play-off spot. it comes down to sunday's game against dallas. we will have more on the skins coming up. we will take everything redskins. >> it's great. they have been doing well. >> next sunday is a play-off game. winner goes on. >> yeah. >> who are they playing. >> the mighty cowboys. >> sarah. >> sorry. >> she has been on vacation. >> yeah. she was with me all last week. >> that was my vacation. let's get to it. cold start to the day. upper 20s, 32 in town. it will be a chilly day today. even though we warm up to 40 later this afternoon it won't be nearly as bright as yesterday. lots of clouds in the forecast. eventually we will get a little

precip in here. generally shower activity expected. north and west of the city a better chance you will see a mix particularly at the onset here if the atmosphere kind of holds on to the cold long enough. there is the satellite and radar. clouds on the increase here in the last couple of hours. mostly cloudy today. a few light showers in southwest virginia. that is the storminess for today. it's not well organized. total rain amounts, a tenth which is light but it doesn't take a lot to cause issues. as you get well north and west, western maryland into parts of pennsylvania, they will have more of an icing issue. around here, as i mentioned, we are expecting to get close to 40. any mix you see will transition to rain pretty quick by late afternoon. and the whole event will be about six or eight hours. that's about it. 1:00 and out by 8:00, 9:00 tonight. >> it will be an issue when

it's an event. a whole event. >> any time we get any winter precip in the forecast around here it's an event, no matter how small. >> that's true. for people driving in it. >> this is not a big deal. >> all right. hopefully it shouldn't be a problem driving out there. let's check in with jeff newman. >> you are right, looking at the splatter of headlights coming our way, this is 95 north, h.o.v. lanes are open and in effect. inside the beltway normally packed by this hour up to the 14th street bridge not the case today. light volume through alexandria and arlington. the top side of the beltway, a place that is normally packed and moving at speed in both directions through montgomery county. 270 is looking good from gaithersburg passing rockville and to the split with no problem there. metro running regular weekday service. vre not running at all today. that is a look at the fox 5 on-

time traffic. >> thank you very much. for your holiday shopping procrastinators, today is the last day to get the gifts on your list. >> macy's is open 24 hours. many other stores are opening early. sherry, any last minute shoppers you spotted? >> reporter: the good news is it's pretty barren out here now. if you have shopping to do, you can get in there and browse, find whatever you want and get in and out quickly. macy's, as you mentioned is open 24 hours. the doors from inside the mall are closed but they will open at 6:00 when tysons fully opens at the mall. we have seen a few shoppers browsing around. a guy had a couple of bags doing his last minute shopping. stores are trying to make up for what has been a weak holiday shopping season. if you waited until the last minute, there are plenty of deep discounts out there. people packed the mall over the

weekend but analysts say they seem to be spending less. shopper track dropped the holiday sales forecast on friday expecting sales this year to grow only a meager 2.5% compared to the earlier projections of 3.3%. now torques try to drum up sales, many stores are saying open 24 hours through the weekend and staying open late tonight on christmas eve and plenty of people may still have things on their christmas list to get. going into the weekend, retail me not said half of all consumers had shopping left to do. stores are slashing prices with some offering 70% discounts. deals with freebies with purchases. if that is not enough, you can get a gift card so the special person in your life can do a little bit of the shopping themselves after the holidays. now, the downside, if you procrastinated, a lot of those hot must have items are gone by now. but, you do have the deep discounts out there. by the way, not to be sexist

but i am told the majority of the last minute procrastinator shoppers are men not women. wisdom and sarah. >> that is not sexist at all, sherry. >> you gave me an idea. i will call my husband and tell him to get out there now because clearly he can maneuver in the mall. >> thank you. on to the news, more details are emerging on the dui arrest of senator michael creigh po -- crapo. an officer saw him run a red light. police say senator crapo registered alcohol level of .11. the senator released a statement saying in part i am deeply sorry. i made a mistake for which i apologize to my family, my idaho constituents and any others that put their trust in

me. i accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever pent comes my way. bill bowling is among the associated press list of newsmakers to watch in 2013. this comes as elections loom for three statewide offices. he withdraw from his campaign for governor last month after he felt the attorney general squeezed him out of a g.o.p. nomination. he could still run for the position as an independent. coming up, why people in parts of chile are on high alert this morning. >> details of a special christmas eve event taking place on the national mall today.

officials in chile issued the highest alert sunday for a volcano on the border with argentina. it started spilling ash and gas saturday. so far there are no mandatory evacuations. many farmers are moving their livestock. here locally a special christmas eve event will be held at the national mall in honor of the school shooting victims and intended to show support for children around the world. circle up for kids kicks off at noon and people will join hands around the washington monument

and sing a song reminiscent to the classic scene the grinch that stole christmas. santa made a special delivery over the weekend. as we head to break, a live look outside. we have traffic and weather up next. next. ♪

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santa has a new way of getting around. over the weekend, he hitched a ride on a helicopter. he flew over north county high school to drop candy canes to the kids waiting below. the event was organized all scott ministries -- alscott ministries. >> how cute. >> he is surveying the route he will take. >> i'm working on that. >> the route. >> one of the kids wanted to know what route he was taking. >> see how it fill into place just then. >> yeah. >> he has a busy couple of days. >> yeah. >> getting ready to go. around here, if you are going to be out and about getting last minute presents, it looks like conditions here, it won't be a beautiful day but we are not looking at a worst- case scenario. it will generally be light showers around here this afternoon. let's get going with

temperatures. 32 at reagan national. cold enough for something wintry. 32 leonardtown. as we get to the west, lots of 20s. fredricksburg 29 to the south and west. 27 the winning number in gaithersburg. no doubt bit, on the cool side to start your day. dulles 26 at this hour. we have seen temperatures bottom out. they should warm up to the upper 30s and low 40s. temperatures will be critical here as we have some precipitation on the move toward the washington area. that will get in later this afternoon. your morning hours will be fine. as we get into one, 2:00 this afternoon we will see it move in. timing is favorable to keep it generally liquid across the washington area. clouds will start your day. lots of clouds in the forecast. a cool one, no doubt about it with highs in the 30s and 40s. here is the storminess. area of low pressure will be to the west. we will be on the warm side of things. we are thinking generally this will be liquid for us.

secondly not a whole lot with it. as it passes through, precipitation totals should be light. but, however, as it does arrive, there will be enough cold air particularly north and west of the city that the onset -- honestly for the entire area, at the onset, we could get a few snowflakes or making with sleet as the system moves through. if you hear the tink, tink on the windshield, that is the sleet developing. north and west of the city we may get a mix. not expecting anything to accumulate, no travel problems. it moves through by 6:00. things are winding down and it will be out of here by 7:00, 8:00. not a major deal but a little winter weather particularly north and west into the afternoon hours. cloudy skies, a little sleet. snowflakes changing to showers. highs in the 40s. 35 tonight. early showers.

things clear out. winds out of the south and east 5 to 10. there is the five-day forecast. tomorrow, christmas day, 47 with sunshine. we are in a stormy pattern. wednesday we could do it all over again. that one looks serious as far as the mix possibility but it will be generally rain by the afternoon. thursday and friday quiet. could do it again saturday. that looks colder. that may be more of a winter event. we will see how close it traction to the area. i hope you are taking notes. jeff new man is. >> copious notes. thank you, tucker. good morning. light volume on the roads. you can get a parking spot at the malls. we start on 66 from gainesville, no problems to report. westbound is good as well inside and outside side the beltway. 14th street bridge is manageable. you will get there on time at speed, no congestion, no construction, no accidents or incidents to report and over into prince george's county route 50 coming in from ann

arundel county no, volume at all. a reminder that in the district, the city was not enforcing the meters or residential parking rules or rush hour restrictions. montgomery county the same thing. virginia and alexandria not enforcing parking but arlington is enforcing the meters throughout the day today. that is a look at your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much, jeff. metro says they will operate on a normal weekday schedule on this christmas eve. for christmas, trains and buses will be on a sunday schedule. that means they will be running at 7:00 a.m. with the rail system closing at midnight. the loudoun county sheriff's office got an early christmas present after a canine is found safe and sound. bronco was found after going missing friday afternoon. the four-legged pup escaped from the groomers apparently. the sheriff's office says he is in good condition but was taken to the vet as a precaution.

good thing he is back safe and sound. >> all right. one more win is all the redskins need to make the play- offs. if they beat the cowboys, which we are sure they will, they will do something they haven't done in over a decade. a decad

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sports. >> what did you think of the game? >> which one? >> the redskins game. i know you and i -- >> i told you they would win. >> so did i. you had it as a blowout. skins win by 30 i think you had. >> remember when we gave out the grades for the coaches yesterday. i won't revisit that. that is why it wasn't a blowout. but they did win. >> let's talk about what happened in philadelphia on this christmas eve. good to have rg3 back. >> yeah. >> i don't know about the decision to play rg3. he looked kind of immobile at times. >> they were testing him out. they knew they could win easily. >> testing him out. >> here is a fumble. >> great quarterback. >> crawford picks it up. five sacks for the redskins defense. jim haslett is doing a good job. rg3 to josh morgan. a receiver screen. he gets in and the first

touchdown fort worth day. skins up 13-7. then 13-10. alfred morris is a workhorse. santana moss best pass of the day by rg3 dropped in the bucket. eight seconds to go. >> i was never worried. >> and intentional grounding. ten second run off. game over. redskins win. six in a row. 27-20. celebrate in d.c. andy reid thinking what is going on. afterwards rg3 and the head coach talk about the win. >> playing the best ball that we have all year. we are rolling and we all know that. it's a change in our mind-set since after the bye week.

i think everybody is dialed in now. we know we can win any kind of game we have to, whether it's high scoring game, low scoring game or gut wrencher at the end. >> we have been working to win the division. when you win the division, you have a home field game in the play-offs and we talked about that from day one. they knew what we had to do to get there. we haven't accomplished anything yet. we have to win the division and get it down next week. >> in order to win the division they have to beat the cowboys who lost yesterday. the giants lost yesterday. tucker barnes baltimore ravens look good all of a sudden. you got a lot of help but it still boils down to a one-game season. they can get in if they lose but it doesn't look good. they need about three other things to happen. it comes down to a one game season. win and you host a play-off game. >> it's that simple. >> that simple. >> just win. >> do you like kickers. >> some of them.

>> do you like this one? >> yeah. >> i love him. >> you got to talk about ky. 17 of 17 including 2 for 2 yesterday. start off the season with the best ever in the nfl. give it up for ky, the unsung hero of the team. when you get down there in the red scone and you can't score, kick it to ky and he will give you three points. >> alfred morris we talked about in the highlight, a flat out stud this year. he came in the game needing 194 to get to clinton portis's mark. he is getting closer. he needs 104 yards now. next week against the cowboys he could break that mark. this is a sixth round draft pick. he didn't know if he would make the team. he could, if he goes for 104 next week be the all time season redskins leader which is

remarkable. kudos to the shanahans for finding this kid in the sixth round, having the wherewithal to trade up to get robert griffin, iii. they had a great draft which is impacting the team. one win to go and they are the nfc champs. they had a great draft which is helping turn this thing around. >> he is like why are you picking on me. >> wis, do you agree? >> yeah, i agree. >> much more coming up. >> thanks. straight ahead at 6:00, holiday shoppers are flocking to local malls. we are live in tysons corner for it.